I will try to see the light by Doug Holder

 I will try to see the light

This winter...

although it is hard to see

through the dusted slits

of the window blinds 

it is a clandestine friend

it arrives

as a shock

of a fully cratered moon

outside my bathroom window

banality

with sudden lunar

beauty,

my cat's beacon eyes

emeralds shining

in a dark bedroom

and a dear friend

talking about

pitching a fire

in the woods

when all these

fires cease

to burn.

Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene   http://dougholder.blogspot.com

Ibbetson Street Press  http://www.ibbetsonpress.com

Poet to Poet/Writer to Writer  http://www.poettopoetwritertowriter.blogspot.com

Doug Holder CV http://www.dougholderresume.blogspot.com

Doug Holder's Columns in The Somerville Times

https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/?s=%22Doug+Holder%22&x=0&y=0

Doug Holder's collection at the Internet Archive   https://archive.org/details/@dougholder